by Most Rev. Alexander K. Sample, Archbishop of Portland
We are to be the pilgrims of hope. We are to be ministers of hope. Not me alone. Not all of our wonderful priests and future priests alone. We can’t do it alone. We need you. I am never going to meet the people you meet every day... It is your job to bring them hope and be a pilgrim to them; to carry this gift to them.
Those who teach and serve in Catholic schools are not doing so by accident. They have been called, by our Lord, to something greater, an ecclesiastical office. What a grace and privilege!
What is the greatest aim, the ultimate aspiration and pursuit we can plant in the heart and mind of our students? In one word: holiness. While college can certainly be a means to continue our spiritual, intellectual, human, and vocational formation so as to mature and live the good and virtuous life, it is not the highest aim for human flourishing.
by Abriana Chilelli, Associate Director of Catholic Education
The Catholic Education Playbook and Mission Outcomes is the framework for understanding how the school can animate the Church’s mission ever more deeply for this age the Lord has placed us in. Specifically, the Playbook and Mission Outcomes give details on what Archbishop Sample means by “Mission Passionate Catholic Education” in the Archdiocese of Portland.
by Ryan Mainard, Assistant Director of Catholic Education
You may not have realized this, but if you are a Catholic mom or dad with kids at home, you are running a school. Your home is not just a school for scholars, but a school for saints.
by Ryan Mainard, Assistant Director of Catholic Education
The Father loves you. “He chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved” (Ephesians 1:4-6).